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enhttp://ripr.org/feeds/term/3433/rss.xmlCentral Falls Mayor Diossa Calls for More Syrian Refugeeshttp://ripr.org/post/central-falls-mayor-diossa-calls-more-syrian-refugees
<p>Central Falls Mayor James Diossa, a Democrat, has joined mayors from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 14 other cities in saying they are ready and willing to accept even more refugees than the Obama administration has proposed.</p><p></p><p>In a letter to the president, the mayors said, ``We will welcome the Syrian families to make homes and new lives in our cities.’’</p>Thu, 19 Nov 2015 21:39:30 +0000Scott MacKay59758 at http://ripr.orgCentral Falls Mayor Diossa Calls for More Syrian RefugeesStudents and Activists Shut Down Lecuture At Brown Universityhttp://ripr.org/post/students-and-activists-shut-down-lecuture-brown-university
<p>More than 100 Student and community protestors shut down a lecture by New York City police commissioner Ray Kelly at Brown University yesterday afternoon.</p><p></p><p>Mario Vega, a Brown student, says he was there to protest the way NYC police have monitored Muslim residents since 9/11.</p><p>“I think Ray Kelly’s policies are completely racist and Islamiphobic, and I completely do not support how Brown is paying him to come here and unilaterally impose his doctrine on the people of the University.&nbsp; That gives the impression that we support it and we don’t," said Vega.</p>Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:34:35 +0000John Bender24000 at http://ripr.orgStudents and Activists Shut Down Lecuture At Brown UniversityProtest Expected At Kelly Lecturehttp://ripr.org/post/protest-expected-kelly-lecture
<p>Students and community groups plan to demonstrate outside the Brown University lecture hall where New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly is slated to speak this afternoon.</p><p></p><p>Kelly has overseen New York’s controversial “stop-and-frisk” policing strategy. The demonstrators say they believe the policy amounts to racial profiling, and they are also angered by what they call Kelly’s “widespread surveillance” of the Muslim community.</p><p></p>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:22:01 +0000Elisabeth Harrison23932 at http://ripr.org